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Been following for a while. Have really enjoyed the photos and commentary. Please keep it coming.
If you get to Central Asia look me up. Willing to help any way we can.
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Been following for a while. Have really enjoyed the photos and commentary. Please keep it coming.
If you get to Central Asia look me up. Willing to help any way we can.
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Hey thanks Mac!
We are done riding for 2016. We arrive back from Canada mid May 2017 and start heading east from Leipzig area. We should be in Kyrgyzstan by mid July give or take. Would love to meet up! Cheers Sara
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Now to fly to Frankfurt and Madrid to drop off most of our gear and pick up the things we had stored there since last April. This included the equipment we had left there for the 900 + km walk we start this week from St. Jean Pied-de-Port France to Fisterra, Spain on the Camino de Santiago de Compostella. This will take us 6 weeks.
Our friend Antonio wanted to show us some things off the beaten track around Madrid. The first was a very unusual Cathedral.
“Justo Gallego Martínez (born 20 September 1925 in Mejorada del Campo) is a former monk who has been constructing a cathedral-like building on his own in the town of Mejorada del Campo in the Community of Madrid, Spain, since 1961. He has named the building Nuestra Señora del Pilar. It has neither any planning permissions, nor has it the benediction of any church authority.”
Elderly man spends 53 years building an incredible cathedral by hand | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building
Madrid Pre-Camino by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Madrid Pre-Camino-2 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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Summary April to September 2016- Some thought and reflections from the road.
Austria
Just amazing riding but at a steep price!
Grossglockner
Glossglockner-2 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Glossglockner-13 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Italy
We had a bit of a love and did not love for Italy. The country is very different from north to south. As you go south the nice riding terrain gets less and less, the amount of garbage and general disorder and disrepair increases, and the number of traffic rules adhered to drops precipitously. Stay in Tuscany and the stunning north. Riding the Dolomites is awe inspiring. We are glad we went to Sicily to see for ourselves, but would not recommend it for riding. In general the driving style of Italians becomes very draining. You constantly have one on your back tire, they pass dangerously, and drive at very high speed. Naples was the worst, where there is NO adherence to the rules of the road and absolutely no driver courtesy. It was sort of like being in a swarm of killer bees.
Tolmezzo
Trento by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Castel del Monte
Castel del Monte-2 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Etna
Etna-2 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, and Happy Chanukkah!!!
Christmas Pic by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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Greece
This was the birthplace of civilization and it shows. Great people and amazing food. We will be back to do some touring on the Greek islands. The riding here has lots of options both on the coast and inland, but the cultural sites are the attraction as well as the beaches.
Meteora
Meteora-18 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Delphi
Delphi-9 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Quite a ride down a rock cliff to get this shot!
Athens-9 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Macedonia
Expensive to get in, but very cheap once you are. There are very few thru roads. There are lots of 5 plus km roads up into the hills, but then mostly don’t connect thru to anything. The people are friendly, but the food is very disappointing. The capital is worth the surreal visit.
Macedonia by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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Bulgaria
We just had a visit to Sophia, which was great as we got to go to Bumot, but we will be back next year to the mountains and the sea.
Bumot
Bumot Visit-11 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Serbia
Again we will be back next year to the north. We just had on day crossing the south where the roads are flat, straight and crowded with traffic.
Zalatibor-11 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Montenegro
Is a gem of hills, mountain and valleys. The riding here is very good. Durmitor park is not to be missed.
Montenegro-15 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Montenegro-2 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Montenegro-11 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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Croatia.
Not much for riding here, but Dubrovnik is very nice. It really needs a boat to appreciate.
Dubrovnik by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Croatia-14 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Bosnia
Again we were just here for a few days to check out some sights, but the 38 degree days sent us back to the coast.
Bosnia-2 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Slovenia
This is a nice little country well with the visit. The riding is not epic, but the people are friendly, and this is a nice place for chilling out.
Ljubljana-29 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Ljubljana-35 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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